Neologistics — Lynn David Newton

Lynn David Newton's Resumé

My primary work experience in recent decades has been as a software engineer in various capacities, which followed a career in music. Below is brief summary of that experience.

No resumé can adequately summarize a person's productive life, and no job worth having can be adequately described with a few technical buzz words in a job description. If you are a potential employer seriously interested in discussing the possibility of me coming to work for you, contact me by email and we'll talk.

The most valuable employee isn't the guy who knows everything, but the guy who can find out anything. —C Matthew Curtin

                               SUMMARY

Software engineer with expertise in QA, system test, Perl programming,
Unix/Linux system administration. Unix professional since 1984.
Developer of test and test management software, Web applications, and
Web sites. Author of educational curricula and technical
documentation, also two non-technical books. Outstanding verbal
communication skills, with experience in teaching and mentoring.


                          KEY QUALIFICATIONS

o Creative              o Problem solver          o Initiative taker
o Writer                o Teacher and mentor      o Meticulous
o Troubleshooter        o Independent worker      o Organized


                           TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Unix (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, AIX, System V Release 2-4,
    Solaris, BSD/OS), Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

Languages: Perl, Unix/Linux shells, HTML/XHTML, CSS, C, sed, awk,
    Python, TeX/LaTeX, Emacs Lisp, ARexx, troff/nroff/xroff, Scheme,
    Forth

Software/Databases/Protocols: Unix command set, Configuration
    Management, MySQL, PostgreSQL, make, XEmacs/GNU Emacs, OpenOffice,
    FrameMaker, Gimp, VMware

Miscellaneous: X11, Apache, CGI, NFS, Bugzilla, Firefox, Mozilla,
    Netscape, Internet Explorer, Opera, Motif, some German language


                       PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GEN CON, Seattle, WA                                      2006-present
Web Application Developer

  o Develop new features in Perl for company's convention management
    software.

MONTAVISTA SOFTWARE, Tempe, AZ                               2005-2006
QA Software Engineer

  o Developed Linux kernel test software for embedded
    telecommunications hardware.

  o Tested Carrier Grade Edition 4.0, also asynchronous Linux Support
    Packages for telecommunications boards.

REGISTRATION RESOURCES, West Linn, OR                        2002-2004
Web Application Developer

  o Lead developer of RegPro, the company's principal software
    product, a client-modifiable system for managing conventions,
    events, training, and membership registrations.

  o Designed RegPro extension modules, including HOTEL, a complete
    accommodations reservations package for convention level events.

UNIVERSITY OF ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY, Tempe, AZ                     2002
Senior Instructor

  o Taught beginning and advanced Unix and Linux.

SELF-EMPLOYED                                             2001-Present

  o Built PostgreSQL database, participated in forensic data analysis
    for Interhack Corporation.

  o Wrote Unix and Linux educational curricula for Cisco Networking
    Academy Program, to be used in CNAP's 10,000 academies world-wide.

  o Web developer. (Reference sites available on request.)

  o Music services provider.

MOTOROLA, INC., Tempe, AZ                                    1987-2001
Staff/Senior Software Engineer

  o Created TCM (Test Case Matrix) application to standardize test
    planning, tracking and reporting, resulting in time savings of 75%
    over previous method.

  o Created ACTS (Automated Controller for Test Suites), a
    domain-specific programming language, also a Programmer's Guide.
    ACTS enabled unattended running of tests in 48 hours that would
    have taken months by hand, resulting in productive detection of
    product defects.

  o Wrote a paper about ACTS that was selected for oral presentation
    at a Motorola Technical Ladder Conference, giving the application
    company-wide exposure as an effective testing tool.

  o Built STLib (System Test Library) of test and tools software,
    process and project documents, and work objects, which played a
    primary role in our department becoming second in the company to
    earn SEI level two accreditation.

  o Led AIX compliance and POSIX testing on PowerPC platform products,
    and served as liaison between MCG and IBM compliance teams,
    resulting in MCG PowerPC system products earning AIX and POSIX
    accreditation.

  o Completed elite eight-week Motorola SRD Software Engineering
    Training Program, resulting in certification as a Motorola
    Software Engineer.

FOUR PHASE SYSTEMS                                           1983-1987
Senior Software/QA Engineer

  o Tested system products prior to release, resulting in
    significantly fewer product defects being delivered to customers.

  o Thoroughly beta tested third party applications and documentation,
    resulting in their being brought up to professional standards.


                              EDUCATION

o One year graduate work (music composition) University of Illinois,
  Urbana, Illinois

o Bachelor of Music, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

o Several awards and fellowships


                       PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

o Embedded System Development Using MontaVista Linux
o C Programming (multiple courses) o AIX System Administration and Use
o Perl, Advanced Perl              o Software Testing (several courses)
o CMVC                             o Capability Maturity Model (SEI)
o Lynx                             o FrameMaker
o Chorus API                       o Scheme
o CompactPCI High Availability     o PowerPC Hardware System
  Architecture and Hot Swap          Troubleshooting
  Technology